@ A projectile assembly comprising a carrier (2) and a projectile (1) arranged for insertion in the unmodified breech of a gun, the carrier (2) having a ramming piston (9) which urges the projectile (1) into the barrel of the gun ready for firing whereupon the carrier (2) is ejected and replaced by a propellant cartridge for firing the projectile (1) from the barrel. The assembly (1 ),(2) is suitable for use in a belt fed automatic gun in which projectile assemblies are alternately interspersed with propellant cartridges such that a projectile (1) is placed in the gun barrel by the projectile carrier (2), the carrier (2) is ejected and then the next item on the belt, a propellant cartridge is placed in the breech for firing the gun.

A shock suppressing device adapted to be attached to the aft end of a shoulder fired rocket launcher. The device comprises an elongated, flexible, tubular member formed of a compressible, permeable fabric. The member has an expanded diameter substantially greater than the diameter of the exhaust opening in the aft end of the rocket launcher tube. In one embodiment, the rear of the member is covered with fabric so that the member forms a bag covering the exhaust opening of the rocket launcher. The member has a sufficient expanded volume to contain the exhaust gases generated by a launched rocket thereby confirning these exhaust gasses and their associated flash, smoke and blast wave. The blast wave is dissipating by forcing it to penetrate the member. In another embodiment, the rear of the member is open thus causing the generated shock wave to be accelerated rearwardly while being dissipated. The full expansion of the shock wave is not allowed until the shock wave has been reduced significantly.